Murders Most Foul [electronic resource]
Knight, Alanna2013
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1861. When the body of an unknown woman is found in an Edinburgh close, Detective Constable Faro assumes the killing is a random act of violence - until he finds a playing card, the nine of diamonds, underneath her corpse. His superiors scoff at his suspicions of a serial killer, but days later a man is attacked in the street, and left badly bruised and battered with the nine of diamonds in his pocket. Faro believes there's a connection. He must contend with other problems, though, if he is to solve the case. Detective Sergeant Gosse does his best to frame suspect after suspect, but remains constantly irritated by his detective constable. And although Faro's sweetheart Lizzie loves him deeply, he is not sure if he feels the same way. And what of Inga St Ola, Faro's first and only true love from his native Orkney? Amongst all this, a servant at Lizzie's place of work goes missing. Could her disappearance be linked to the playing-card killer? Beset by hostile superiors and a police-hating public, Faro feels he may never crack this confounding case.
Main title:
Murders Most Foul [electronic resource] / Alanna Knight
Author:
Knight, Alanna, Author
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Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Allison & Busby, 2013
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Series:
Inspector Faro
Biography/History:
Alanna Knight has written more than sixty novels, three non-fiction titles on R.L. Stevenson, two true crime books, numerous short stories and several plays since the publication of her first book in 1969. Born and educated in Tyneside, she now lives in Edinburgh. She is a member of the Scottish chapter of the Crime Writers' Association, and a founder member and Honorary President of the Scottish Association of Writers and of the Edinburgh Writers' Club. www.alannaknight.com
ISBN:
9780749013578
Language:
English
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BRN:
357080